Honestly, why would they really care if someone save a local copy of some cat video, rant against the DMV, or a homemade version of "Ow My Balls!"?

I agree for the most part, except for the fact that they weren't breaking the law!

From the following link, the IRS investigator Lerner had to say: "150 of the cases have been closed and no group had its tax-exempt status revoked..."

They "apologized". Well isn't that sweet?

This should most definitely be modded informative, not funny.

Reddit gets their panties in a bunch over a bus driver in BumfuckEgypt, IL who unsurprisingly is a lukewarm bigot. Why doesn't Reddit ever use their hivemind to affect change for any of the real, substantial problems we have in this world?

Hmmm, very interesting point. Let's say, however, that I wanted to frame a particular group of people or a subculture, such as Waco sympathizers, anti-government or anti-tax groups, pro-gun folks, you know the types. If I wanted to make it look like that group of people were unstable, or needed to be "rounded-up", or were a danger to society at-large, you mean to tell me I could simply wreak havoc on a certain day or period of days and that group would take all the blame or at least be the prime suspect? Wow, I'm surprised the people who want all those things to happen to that particular group hasn't decided to blow some things up on or near the dates of those events you listed..........

OK, big shot. Why don't you go ahead and tell me what rampant crime is running through our neighborhoods that isn't being reported on. Because I can tell you, with an extremely high level of confidence, that every single act of violence or criminality is taken by the media to be sensationalized and spun as a talking point for whatever agenda they are being paid to promote this week. Unless of course those acts of violence or criminality are being perpetuated by the people paying them the money, in which case yes, you won't hear a thing about it.

But the kinds of crimes that those people are perpetuating aren't the kind that make you batten down the hatches and dive under your bed. As a matter of fact, as far as real, violent crime is concerned, it's at it's lowest level in decades. But turn on the local ActionNews, and you'd think we're living in some post-apocalyptic Mad Max world, where just going outside is going to get you robbed and killed.

Funny, really. Because when I go outside, I still see the birds and the bees and the trees and things seem to be just like they've always been. It's all a matter of perspective.

Of course, all this means is that the Honey Industry Association of America just needs to lobby Congress to ensure farmer's market honey is labeled "dangerous to public health" because of all that pollen, while noting that their product only has 1/4 of the pollen.

Tactical teams, of course, would need to be used on any of the dangerous terrorist farmers that continue to produce the "poisonous" honey, and maybe they could even get Monsanto to engineer some bees to let loose near their farms so we can save the SWAT money and just sue them out of existence in court.

It was actually a great idea. It wasn't executed very well, and people didn't realize, yet, why it should work that way. Nowadays, it makes a whole lot more sense.

They were, again, ahead of their time.

I have been a phone geek for as long as I could afford a cell phone. All I can say about smartphones is buy quality, not hype. There are perfectly fine smartphones that do it all and do it well (hint: they don't have an "i" or "Galaxy" in their name)...and since the company that makes the majority of them being acquired by Google, I think the landscape may soon be changing. That being said, I like having a fully-featured smartphone I don't have to curse at or feel like throwing on a daily basis while others continue to buy whatever device Madison Avenue shoves down their throats.

A quarter? As someone with a slow leak in an alloy wheel, I wish it was still a quarter.

Around Chicago it costs $1.00, and the air machines take credit cards. Wish I would have thought of that one...

It shows how utterly stupid people like yourself are who don't understand the spirit of the 2nd Amendment. Regardless of whether or not you agree with it, the Bill of Rights guarantees the people the right to bear arms. If so many people think that this shouldn't be the case, then why not amend the Constitution to grant the government sole ownership of firearms? Why all this bickering back and forth, if you want the Constitution changed, change it. But passing laws that violate the supreme law of the land is not the answer.

Coming in here painting every gun owner as some loose-cannon nutter is as bad the people who think every 5-year old should have a pistol. You're both out of your goddamned minds. The 2nd Amendment is not there so people can have armed revolution against the government! It's there so the government doesn't do things to the people that would cause them to consider armed revolution. Do you see how that works? The citizenry being armed is what PREVENTS tyranny, not fixes it. It's like a flu shot, you don't take one after you have the flu.

Because there is no legislature anymore. There are groups of people who supposedly "vote" on "laws", which are really just controlled by their puppetmasters and media talking heads.

Combine that with the fact that the people in general trust their mother government to protect them, one-hundred percent, and anyone who would ever want to fight the government is an evil turrerist who should be disarmed anyway.

It's really a matter of perspective as there are three kinds of people, I've found. Those who distrust government (what used to be regular patriotic Americans, now terrorists), those who have not yet had the screws of the government turned on them (well-meaning idiots), and those who HAVE had the screws turned on them but don't mind since they enjoy being slaves (current patriotic Americans). It just so happens that most gun-owners fall under the first two categories, and those screaming for mommy to protect them because they watch too much network news and don't understand statistics fall under the last category, and are by far and away the largest group of people.

One more state I can cross off the list of ever visiting, living in, or spending a dime of my money in (if at all possible). I do not support states that violate the Constitution. If I have to get to the northeast, I'll drive through Canada.

I'm about done with Slashdot. This is actually passing as a legitimate story, even though it's obviously another thinly veiled hit piece on guns? Ever heard the saying "Don't feed the trolls?"